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Attorney's Certificate

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English law. A certificate of the commissioners of stamps that the attorney therein named has paid the annual duty. This must be renewed yearly, and the penalty for practicing without such certificate is fifty pounds. St. 37 Geo. III. c. 90, §§ 26, 28, 30. See, also, 7 & 8 Vict. e. 73, §§ 21-26; 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An English revenue receipt showing payment of the annual duty exacted of an attorney.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A certificate of the commissioners of stamps that the attorney therein named has paid the annual duty. This must be renewed yearly; and the penalty for practising without such certificate is fifty pounds; Stat. 37 Geo. III. c. 90, §§ 26, 28, 30. See also 7 & 8 Vict. c. 73, §§ 21-26; 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A certificate that the attorney named has pnid the annual tax or duty. This is required to be taken out every year by nil practising attorneys under a penalty of fifty pounds.

Defined under Attorney in Black's Law Dictionary.